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Multi-phase synchronization in a content management system

a content management system and multi-phase technology, applied in knowledge representation, instruments, computing models, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the time for document re-constitution, lag time to the user, incorrect content, etc., and the computer industry will suffer from increasing the delay of document reconstitution

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-10-30
INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP
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The patent describes a content management system that allows users to synchronize data between different devices. The system uses a phase property to determine which synchronization rules should be applied at each step. This helps to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the synchronization process. The technical effect of this invention is to make data synchronization faster and more reliable.

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However, there are cases where the content will be incorrect if the content is not synchronized both before and after the data is assembled into the parent document.
This results in increased times for documents to be reconstituted and lag time to the user.
Without a way to only evaluate the synchronization rules needed for a particular synchronization function, the computer industry will suffer from increasing delays of document reconstitution.

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[0025]The claims and disclosure herein provide a content management system (CMS) that adds a phase property to one or more synchronization rules to evaluate only needed synchronization rules at different times when synchronization is needed.

[0026]Many known content management systems use extensible markup language (XML) due to its flexibility and power in managing diverse and different types of content. One known content management system that uses XML is Solution for Compliance in a Regulated Environment (SCORE) developed by IBM Corporation. XML is growing in popularity, and is quickly becoming the preferred format for authoring and publishing. While the disclosure herein discusses XML documents as one possible example of content that may be managed by a content management system, the disclosure and claims herein expressly extend to content management systems that do not use XML.

[0027]Referring to FIG. 1, networked computer system 100 includes multiple clients, shown in FIG. 1 as c...

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A content management system (CMS) provides a way to add a phase property to synchronization rules. In one suitable implementation, each of the synchronization rules has a corresponding phase value. In another suitable implementation, there are default synchronization rules and only synchronization rules other than the default synchronization rules have a phase value. A phase synchronization mechanism uses the phase property of the synchronization rules to evaluate only appropriate synchronization rules at each step as required.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This patent application is related to U.S. patent application “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING DOCUMENT CONTENT AND METADATA VIA PLUG-IN CHAINING IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM”, Ser. No. 11 / 853,870 filed on Sep. 12, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]This disclosure generally relates to content management systems, and more specifically relates to synchronizing information in a content management system.[0004]2. Background Art[0005]A content management system (CMS) allows many users to efficiently share electronic content such as text, audio files, video files, pictures, graphics, etc. Content management systems typically control access to content in a repository. A user may generate content, and when the content is checked into the repository, the content may be subsequently processed by the CMS according to predefined rules. A user may also check out content from the repository, or link...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/24G06F17/30575G06F16/27G06F40/166
Inventor PETRI, JOHN EDWARD
Owner INT BUSINESS MASCH CORP